Stephen Nowicki, Professor of Neurobiology and Psychology and Neuroscience and Faculty Network Member of Duke Institute for Brain Sciences and Bass Fellow of Biology

Contact Info:

Office Location:	116 Allen Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone:	(919) 684-6950, (919) 668-3420
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.biology.duke.edu/nowicki/

Education:

Ph.D.	Cornell University	1984
M.S.	Tufts University	1978
B.S.	Tufts University	1976

Specialties:

Organismal Biology and Behavior
Neuroscience
Evolution
Ecology and Population Biology

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Elizabeth Derryberry
• Irene Liu

Postdocs Mentored

• Kendra Sewall (2010 - 2012)
• Robert Lachlan (2007 - 2013)
• Rindy Anderson (2006 - present)
• Jonathan Prather (2003 - 2009)
• Jeremy Hyman (2002 - 2006)
• Christopher B Sturdy (2000 - 2002)
• Melissa Hughes (1994 - 1996)
• Mark Westneat (1991 - 1992)

Recent Publications   (More Publications)   (search)

1. Caves, EM; Green, PA; Zipple, MN; Peters, S; Johnsen, S; Nowicki, S (2018). Categorical perception of colour signals in a songbird.. Nature, 560(7718), 365-367. [doi]  [abs]
2. Lachlan, RF; Ratmann, O; Nowicki, S (2018). Cultural conformity generates extremely stable traditions in bird song.. Nature Communications, 9(1), 2417. [doi]  [abs]
3. Liu, IA; Soha, JA; Nowicki, S (2018). Song type matching and vocal performance in territorial signalling by male swamp sparrows. Animal Behaviour, 139, 117-125. [doi]  [abs]
4. Sewall, KB; Anderson, RC; Soha, JA; Peters, S; Nowicki, S (2018). Early life conditions that impact song learning in male zebra finches also impact neural and behavioral responses to song in females.. Developmental Neurobiology. [doi]  [abs]
5. DuBois, AL; Nowicki, S; Peters, S; Rivera-Cáceres, KD; Searcy, WA (2018). Song is not a reliable signal of general cognitive ability in a songbird. Animal Behaviour, 137, 205-213. [doi]  [abs]